動かす

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
うご
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「動かす
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
動かす ごか
Imperative (命令形) 動かせ ごか
Key constructions
Passive 動かされる ごかされ
Causative 動かさせる ごかさせ
Potential 動かせる ごかせ
Volitional 動かそう ごかそ
Negative 動かさない ごかさない
Negative perfective 動かさなかった ごかさなかった
Formal 動かします ごかしま
Perfective 動かした ごかした
Conjunctive 動かして ごかして
Hypothetical conditional 動かせば ごかせば

Verb

(うご)かす (ugokasutransitive godan (stem (うご)かし (ugokashi), past (うご)かした (ugokashita))

Japanese verb pair
active 動かす
mediopassive 動く
  1. to move (shift an object)
    ここからあそこへこの(いし)(うご)かして(くだ)さい
    koko kara asoko e kono ishi o ugokashite kudasai
    Please move this stone from here to there.
  2. to run, to operate
    Synonym: 動作させる (dōsaku saseru)
    Wine(ワイン)Steam(スチーム)(うご)かす
    wain de suchīmu o ugokasu
    run Steam with Wine
  3. to move emotionally
    音楽(おんがく)気持(きも)ちを(うご)かす
    ongaku wa kimochi o ugokasu
    Music moves the feelings.
  4. to move, to influence

Conjugation

See also

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.